Privacy and Cookies

We may change this privacy notice from time to time by updating this page.

What information do we collect?

When you use this website, we may collect the following information:

the areas of the website that you visit

information about your computer, such as which browser you are using, your network location, the type of connection you are using (e.g. broadband, ADSL etc) and your IP address

We do this by using cookies, which are small files that help us track how our visitors use the website and enable us to understand where we can improve your experience. If you would like to find out which cookies we use and the information they track see our Cookies Policy.

Once you submit or register information through our website we will know who you are and your activities on this website and information about you and/or your company may be recorded on our systems. For example, we may ask for personal information when you download our software including:

your name

company name

email address

postal address

telephone number

country where you are based

Social media ID

your comments/questions

services/markets you are interested in

We may also collect personal information from telephone calls and/or other correspondence with you.

What do we do with the information we collect?

The information we capture is used for various purposes. The main purpose is to provide you with our services (whether available via the website or offline). We also use the information for:

website development

understanding how our visitors interact on the website

understanding what our clients are interested in

understanding what potential clients are interested in

dealing with enquiries/concerns

marketing our services and people to you

market research

service development

internal record keeping

Marketing

We would like to provide you with information about our services and other information which we think you may find interesting. We may send you such information by post, email and/or telephone, unless you have asked us not to do so.

We will not provide your personal information to other organisations for marketing purposes without your explicit consent.

If at any time you do not want your information used for direct marketing purposes, please contact us or follow the unsubscribe link in our marketing email messages.

Who do we share this information with?

We may share your personal information with companies acting on our behalf who will only use the information to provide that service. However, we will retain control of your data and any third party service provider that we use must act in accordance with our instructions. We may also share your personal information with a purchaser or potential purchaser of our business.

In some circumstances, we may have to disclose your personal information by law, because a court or the police or other law enforcement agency has asked us for it.

How to get copies of or amend the information we have collected

You may request details of the personal information that we hold about you under data protection laws. If you would like a copy of the information held about you please write to us at oasys@arup.com or at: Data Protection Officer, 13 Fitzroy Street, London, UK, W1T 4BQ. Please note that we may charge a small £10 administration fee for information requests.

If you think any information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us as soon as possible. We will correct or update any information as soon as we can.

Data Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect, including locked cabinets, electronic password protection and pass card access to buildings.

If at any point you suspect or receive a suspicious communication from someone suggesting they work for Oasys or a website claiming to be affiliated with Oasys, please forward the communication to us or report the incident by email to oasys@arup.com or in writing to Oasys, 13 Fitzroy Street, London, UK, W1T 4BQ as soon as possible.

Website Terms and Conditions

The contents of this web site are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights under international conventions. No copying of any words, images, graphic representations or other information contained in this web site is permitted without the prior written permission of the webmaster for this site.

Oasys accepts no responsibility for the content of any external site that links to or from this site.

GSA helps design and analyse the fourth-tallest building in the UK

Share

The Structural Engineer: Project Focus - The structural engineering of the Leadenhall Building

The project began in July 2001 when the then Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners) and Arup won a limited competition to develop the site of the 14-storey 1960s P&O building at 122 Leadenhall Street for British Land. Construction was stalled in 2009 due to the recession with the existing building on the site demolished and the foundation phase completed. The remaining work was tendered in 2011 and then completed in July 2014.

Nicknamed “The Cheesegrater” because of its distinctive wedge shape, is the fourth-tallest building in the United Kingdom at 225 metres (738 ft).

For a full in-detail study of the project, we recommend reading the article in Volume 96 (2018) > Issue 4of the Structural Engineer magazine, the article is free to read for a limited time then it will be hidden behind a paywall.

The Challenges GSA Faced

Oasys GSA helped with the effects of temperatures within the megaframe and structure movements during construction. Read more below.

The effects of temperature had to be considered in the design of the megaframe, the north core, and the galleria floors. The horizontal beams of the megaframe expand and contract by up to 13mm as the temperature changes. In addition to the movements of the structure under temperature and wind, the analysis predicted a significant permanent lean to the north during construction. The strategy employed to counter the sideways lean under gravity loading was called Active Alignment.